Seven Out of Ten Korean Workers Not Paid for Overtime

A survey conducted by Career, Korea’s job portal, on 824 office workers, found that seven out of ten of them were not compensated for late clock-outs. (image: Herr Kaczmarek/flickr)

SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that Korean workers had overtime work 3.1 days a week and were paid 3,240 won per hour for their extra work on average.

A survey conducted by Career, Korea’s job portal, on 824 office workers, found that seven out of ten of them were not compensated for late clock-outs.

The survey asked the respondents how much compensation per hour they received for their extra work, and as many as 68.6 percent of the respondents answered “None.” “Between 5,000 to 10,000 won” (14.6%), “less than 5,000 won” (5.2%), “between 15,000 and 20,000 won” (2.7%), “between 20,000 to 25,000 won” (1.7%) and “between 25,000 to 30,000 won” (0.8%) were other answers to the question.

When asked whether there was a change in overtime pay standard over the previous year, 84.6 percent of the respondents answered “no change,” 6.1 percent answered “last year’s standard was withdrawn this year,” 5.5 percent answered “the pay standard has been increased,” 3.3 percent with “the pay standard has been decreased” and only 0.5 percent answered “the standard has begun to be applied this year.”

“Work overtime everyday” was the most answered with 25.7 percent to a question, “On average, out of five working days in a week, how many days do you stay late to work overtime?” “Three days” (22.7%), “one day” (21.4%), “two days” (17.8%) and “four days” (12.4%) followed afterward.

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